Caroline Snow/ Datura zone,/ 2022/ Oil on linen/ 16" x 20"

HELL’S BELLS 
Organized by Kevin Teare
'The mysteries of nature are deeply enchanting and the idea behind Hell's Bells is to create an access point and vision to a world unseen by the naked eye. The hallucinogenic plants both tempt and taunt, drawing us closer to the unknown, the edge or center, however you might perceive it. Kevin, Caroline and Suzannah share an intuitive interest in these ideas - this show captures their individual expressions to ritual and the supernatural.’

Hell’s Bells is a genus of nine species of poisonous flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. Daturas are known as powerful psychedelic medical purposes as well as poisons. 

Kevin Teare first met Caroline Snow while curating an exhibition that included her father, Chris Snow, "Open For The Stones” in 2011 at Keyes Gallery in Chelsea, NYC. He saw her Biker Prayer Rug pieces and felt an immediate affinity with her vision.

In 2016 Kevin organized "View From Within" at Keyes/Borghi in NYC. There, he was introduced to Suzannah Wainhouse and loved her colorful shamanistic paintings immediately. “The three of us wanted to show together…Hells Bells, a title and theme brought to us by Suzannah is the first exhibition where the dream has been realized. The title Hell's Bells takes its name from the Datura plant and the subject has been expanded to include any mood changing plant or flower.” 
EXHIBITION DATES: OCT 1st - OCT 16th 2022
~Kevin Teare Sept 2022